Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Tolga Ors
Managing Director · New Space Consulting Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Thirty years in the space sector, across Intelsat, Inmarsat, OneWeb, AST SpaceMobile, CGI and the Alan Turing Institute. PhD from the University of Surrey. At New Space Consulting he works on technology transfer, public-private partnerships and the application of AI and robotics in space, with a focus on real-world impact such as disaster response.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Tolga Ors holds a PhD in Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey and runs New Space Consulting in London, helping deep-tech startups move from idea to sustainable implementation: business assessment, technology transfer, partnerships, programme management and capacity building. He is interested in applying space, artificial intelligence and robotics to global challenges such as natural disasters, climate change and asteroid impact risk.
At Inmarsat he led UK Space Agency co-funded programmes for disaster response in the Philippines, reducing illegal fishing in Indonesia and improving health outcomes in Nigeria, as well as an ESA project that delivered one of the world's first mobile HEVC video encoders. He was Program Director for OneWeb at CGI, worked with AST SpaceMobile, and managed artificial intelligence programmes at The Alan Turing Institute and at the University of Surrey's FAIR-SPACE hub for space AI and robotics. Today he heads R&D and software at Tumbleweed Mars, which proposes exploring Mars with a swarm of wind-driven rovers.
On the program
- New Space Economy Opportunities: Global Perspectives on Satellite Markets, Launchers and Downstream Value
Career highlights
- Managing Director, New Space Consulting (since 2024)
- Head of R&D and Software Engineering, Tumbleweed Mars (since 2023)
- Director of Consulting and OneWeb Program Director, CGI (2021–2022)
- Bid & Programme Manager, AST SpaceMobile (2020)
- Programme Director, Inmarsat (2012–2020)
- AI Programme Manager, The Alan Turing Institute (2019)
- Innovation and Partnership Manager, FAIR-SPACE Hub, University of Surrey (2018)
Education
- PhD in Satellite Communication, University of Surrey (UK)
- MSc in Satellite and Telecommunication Engineering, with Distinction, University of Surrey
- MSc in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, with Distinction, Goldsmiths, University of London
- MSc in Project Management, The George Washington University
- Space Studies Program, International Space University (Top Student 2023)
- BSc in Electronic Engineering, Istanbul University
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